Thanks for all the compassion and wisdom in all your answers. @Ben, I did a 20 day course last year. I have also sat two Satipatthana courses. @pegembara, thanks for the link. Actually an Assistant Teacher I went and talked to a few years ago about this same issue recommended much the same thing. At...

Hi, this is my first post so apologies if it is in the wrong section or even the completely wrong forum. I have been practicing Goenka based Vipassana for the better part of 16 years. I have even sat longer courses and am pretty good at maintaining my daily practice of 2 hours. During my practice of...